Five Places to Turn Your Cell Phone Off
Place Five: In the Cinema / Theatre / Quiet Coach of a Train
For all the good things about cell phones, they do have a down-side: everyone else gets to hear your conversations. This isn’t just a down-side for you; most people don’t want to hear your calls, and some get annoyed by being forced to. Cell phone rage is becoming increasingly common. Hospital workers have reported black eyes and bruised ribs from confrontations over cell phone noise. In some places—cinemas, theatres, and quiet coaches of trains—irritation is understandable, even if violence is a step too far. If you’d rather not become a victim of cell phone rage, you should consider trying to keep your voice down in most places, and should definitely turn your phone off in others.
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